Fishy... Your question led me to the Wikipedia rabbit-hole, and I ended up finding this list of historical elephants. It's an interesting read, but not if you're looking for something cheerful.In answer to your question, the only elephant that I see who got electrocuted was a Coney Island Zoo elephant, not one of Barnum's.

If you want drama to stop following you everywhere, try letting go of the leash.

Yeah, I didn't watch the film either. It's embedded on the Wikipedia page about Topsy. There are things I don't need to see. It will not enlighten me.

Gyre: Yeah, Topsy was an elephant who killed 3 men, including an abusive trainer who tried to feed her a lit cigarette. She was sentenced to death. The normal method of executing an elephant in those days (late 1800s) was hanging. The SPCA protested, so a "humane" option was sought. Edison was at that time in competition with Tesla to develop a standard for electrical power. Edison arranged to have the elephant executed using Tesla's AC system, as a demonstration of how "dangerous" it was compared to his own DC system.

FWIW, Topsy died in seconds, probably much faster than she would have done by hanging. Nevertheless, it's horrible. Sigh... thinking about elephants pretty much always puts me in a blue funk. We make life so hard for them, in so many ways.

D'oh! I forgot to remember that we were in Tautology Club.

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There are a shit tonne of tautologies on here. I don't want to spoil any of the magic.

I shouldn't be laughing at it. I linked to this video from a radio station associated with someone on these forums.If that person is here, reading this, I am so sorry.... But you'll have the last laugh when I'm left behind, right? Because I.am.going.to.hell.

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catinthefunnyhat wrote:On a serious note: This year has been a phase of transition for me. I do feel the sense of urgency and need to go home (and by home, no not burning man).

By home, do you mean where you were born and/or raised? Do you still have family there?Sorry to be so nosy... if you don't mind, I'd love to hear about where it is. But only if you want to share that.I hope you can get back and reconnect with your roots.

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catinthefunnyhat wrote:On a serious note: This year has been a phase of transition for me. I do feel the sense of urgency and need to go home (and by home, no not burning man).

By home, do you mean where you were born and/or raised? Do you still have family there?Sorry to be so nosy... if you don't mind, I'd love to hear about where it is. But only if you want to share that.I hope you can get back and reconnect with your roots.

Also, most socially conservative people consider polyamoury or open relationships to be worse than cheating, which to me is the height of cognitive dissonance. "Having multiple partners is bad, but it's slightly less bad if you hide it from your primary partner." --- *record scratch* WOT?!

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